'Saved by a mango tree': How a Nepali labourer survived deadly flash flood
Reuters, Kathmandu
27 August 2026 Natural Disaster
Nepal says 468 tourists, mainly foreigners, out of contact after floods
AFP, Kathmandu, Nepal
27 August 2026 Natural Disaster
Update / Search for 1,000 missing after Nepal-Tibet floods kill 165
AFP, Nuwakot, Nepal
27 August 2026 South Asia
98 dead, hundreds missing as deadly flood hits Nepal-Tibet border
Reuters, Kathmandu
26 August 2026 South Asia
Nepal PM allowed to wear sunglasses in parliament
AFP, Kathmandu
26 August 2026 South Asia
Ex-Pak PM taken back to jail after hospital checks
Reuters, Lahore
22 August 2026 South Asia

5 dubious claims Myanmar's Suu Kyi made in her speech

Here are five dubious claims Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi made in her speech addressing the situation in Rakhine State.
19 September 2017

New satellite imagery shows 214 villages of Rohingyas almost totally destroyed in Rakhine

A new analysis of satellite imagery from Myanmar’s Rakhine state shows 214 villages of Rohingyas almost totally destroyed, Human Rights Watch says.
19 September 2017

Reactions to speech by Myanmar's Suu Kyi on violence in Rakhine state

Here are some reactions from diplomats, aid agency officials, human rights groups and others to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's first address to the nation since attacks by Rohingya Muslim insurgents on August 25 sparked a military response that has forced more than 410,000 Rohingya into neighboring Bangladesh.
19 September 2017

Rohingya Muslims being wiped off Myanmar’s map

For generations, Rohingya Muslims have called Myanmar home. Now, in what appears to be a systematic purge, they are, quite literally, being wiped off the map.
19 September 2017

Nepal holds final phase of local polls

Nepal yesterday completed its first local elections for nearly two decades, a key step in the country's protracted post-war transition to
18 September 2017

Wife of ousted PM Sharif wins Pakistan by-election

The wife of ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Sunday captured his parliamentary seat with a reduced majority in a by-
18 September 2017

Rohingya crisis: South Korea urges international community to help Bangladesh

South Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh, Ahn Seong-doo calls upon the international community to help Bangladesh in addressing the Rohingya crisis.
18 September 2017

Rohingyas are security threat, India govt tells SC

Indian government tells the Supreme Court that it has intelligence of links between some Rohingya Muslims and Pakistan’s ISI and terror group Islamic State, making them “a serious security threat to the country”.
18 September 2017

Angelina Jolie condemns Myanmar violence

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie condemns the violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and called on the country's government and its leader, Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi, to no longer remain silent.
17 September 2017

High stakes in Myanmar as Suu Kyi to address Rohingya crisis

As Rakhine state burns and Rohingya flee, Aung San Suu Kyi prepares to address Myanmar on the crisis for the first time -- a high wire act seeking to soothe global outrage without baiting an army that is again showing its teeth.
17 September 2017

Water: Garments’ invisible price

Bangladesh boasts as the world’s number two garment exporter. Every third European has a t-shirt made in Bangladesh on his back. Every fifth American wears jeans manufactured in Bangladesh. But this is not a story of how many million pieces we export. This is a story of the invisible price we pay every time a jeans rolls out of a factory in Bangladesh. The western buyers little know how much water, that precious resource, was used to wash and dye his shirt. The figures are mind boggling.
17 September 2017

Rohingya influx in Bangladesh now 409,000: IOM

An estimated 409,000 Rohingyas have arrived in Bangladesh until September 10, fleeing the military crackdown in Myanmar, says a report published by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
16 September 2017

CPJ urges Bangladesh govt to release 2 Myanmar journos

Committee to Protect Journalists has urged Bangladesh to immediately release two Myanmar journalists detained on September 7 by the police and drop all charges against them.
16 September 2017

Rohingya crisis fastest growing in recent years: UN

The humanitarian situation in parts of Bangladesh sheltering hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees continues to deteriorate, making the crisis one of the fastest growing refugee crises of recent years, according to the United Nations.
16 September 2017

Turkey thanks Bangladesh for hosting Rohingya refugees

The Turkish Deputy Prime Minister in a meeting with Bangladesh Ambassador to Turkey thanks the Bangladesh government for hosting a big number of the Rohingya refugees.
16 September 2017

ICRC concerned over violence against Rohingya in Myanmar

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) expresses grave concern over the violence and its effect on all people in the northern areas of Rakhine in Myanmar.
16 September 2017

Vaccination campaign for 1.5 lakh Rohingya children

A rubella and polio vaccination campaign for 1.5 lakh children of Rohingya refugees started in Ukhia and Teknaf upazilas of Cox’s Bazar this morning as Bangladesh sees an influx of people fleeing persecution in Myanmar.
16 September 2017

Pak tightens grip on foreign NGOs

Pakistani authorities have asked the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) aid group to close its medical facilities in a militancy-wracked tribal
14 September 2017

Pakistan EC issues arrest warrant for Imran Khan

Pakistan's Election Commission (EC) has issued a bailable arrest warrant against cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan for repeatedly
14 September 2017

3 more ‘Ansarullah Bangla Team operatives’ arrested in India

Three Bangladeshi youths, suspected to have links with banned militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), are arrested in Lucknow, capital city of India's Uttar Pradesh.
14 September 2017